3B Jedd Gyorko, B-

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The highly-touted rookie is a hard player to give a grade to. On one hand, his numbers (.250 average, four RBI and nine hits) aren’t anything to brag about. However, dealing with the pressure of his first year and the inflated expectations is extremely tough.

His defense, however, is his weak spot. He’s not quick enough to cover a lot of ground, and he’s already committed two errors at third. He also needs to display better patience at the plate and strike out less.

RF Chris Denorfria, B

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I think I speak on behalf of most Padres fans when I say we’re all glad to see Denorfria get more playing time and less reliance on Will Venable.

In nine games, Denorfria has an impressive .435 batting average and a .500 OBP. Still yet to hit a home run, he has five runs and three RBI. Hopefully the Padres will continue giving Denorfria regular playing time and see if he can maintain good numbers throughout the season.

CF Cameron Maybin, F

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I’d give Maybin an F- if possible.

2013 was supposed to be the year Maybin finally puts it all together and shuts the doubters up. But all he’s doing is giving more fuel to the fire. In eight games, Maybin only has a .047 batting average with two hits.

Maybin has the tools to be the player scouts have predicted, yet year after year he comes up short. We can’t keep making excuses that he’s young and one day he’ll be that guy.

LF Carlos Quentin, D+

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Quentin has made headlines recently and might be the first person to get the Padres trending on Twitter. You can check out my thoughts on the brawl here.

Unfortunately, Quentin hasn’t done much else worth discussing. As the Padres’ “power hitter,” Quentin has zero home runs and only three RBI. His .182 batting average doesn’t stoke fear in opposing pitchers either.

C Nick Hundley, B+

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I’ll be the first to admit I’m pleasantly surprised by Hundley so far this year.

If you follow my articles, you know I don’t think too highly of him and feared the Padres would collapse with our reliance on him. However, it seems when the Padres need a clutch hit, Hundley comes up big.

Hundley has maintained a .367 batting average through eight games and is one of only three Padre players to have hit a home run.